[Federal Register: December 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 240)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N267; 80221-1113-0000-F5]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act also requires
that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or
before January 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager, Region
8, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2606, Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916-
414-6464; fax: 916-414-6486). Please refer to the respective permit
number for each application when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone: 760-431-9440; fax: 760-431-9624).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.). We seek review and comment from local, State, and Federal
agencies and the public on the following permit requests. Before
including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may
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be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Permit No. TE-148556
Applicant: Deborah M. Van Dooremolen, Las Vegas, Nevada. The
applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (April 9, 2007;
72 FR 17576) to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) in conjunction with surveys in
Clark County, Nevada, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-231424
Applicant: Seth A. Shanahan, Las Vegas, Nevada. The applicant
requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus
longirostris yumanensis) in conjunction with surveys in Clark County,
Nevada, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-231425
Applicant: Robert C. Fletcher, San Diego, California. The applicant
requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot
butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-231427
Applicant: John R. Ivanov, Pasadena, California. The applicant
requests a permit to take (harass by survey and monitor nests) the
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) and least
Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with surveys and
population monitoring throughout the range of each species in
California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-170381
Applicant: Bill Stagnaro, San Francisco, California. The applicant
requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 13, 2008; 73 FR
8344) to take (harass by survey) the light-footed clapper rail (Rallus
longirostris levipes), the California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris
obsoletus), and the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE-802089
Applicant: Patricia Tatarian, Santa Rosa, California. The applicant
requests an amendment to an existing permit (November 7, 2002; 67 FR
67863) to take (attach radio transmitters, radio track, release,
collect voucher specimens; and construct, place, and monitor artificial
egg laying structures in the wild) the California tiger salamander
(Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with research, surveys, and
population monitoring activities throughout the range of the species in
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-231612
Applicant: James M. Steele, Clearlake Oaks, California. The
applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
translocate, and release) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis
sirtalis) in conjunction with surveys and habitat enhancement
activities in San Mateo County, California, for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-012973
Applicant: ECORP Consulting Incorporated, Rocklin, California. The
applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit issued on June
14, 1999, to take (capture, collect, and kill) the Conservancy fairy
shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each
species in California. The applicant is requesting to take (collect
soil containing Federally listed fairy shrimp cysts of the above-
mentioned species, translocate, and inoculate cysts into restored
vernal pools) in conjunction with vernal pool restoration and
population enhancement activities throughout the range of each species
in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-233291
Applicant: Margaret R. Mulligan, San Diego, California. The
applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino
checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with
surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-797267
Applicant: H.T. Harvey and Associates, Los Gatos, California. The
applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 16,
1996; 61 FR 6253) to take (capture, measure, hair-clip, and release)
the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens), and take Tipton kangaroo rat
(Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides) and Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys
nitratoides exilis) in conjunction with surveys and population studies
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-233332
Applicant: Maya E. Mazon, Oceanside, California. The applicant
requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot
butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-233331
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Arcata, California. The
applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession Erysimum
menziesii ssp. eurekense (Humboldt Bay wallflower), Layia carnosa
(beach layia), and Arabis macdonaldiana (McDonald's rockcress) from
Federal lands in conjunction with botanical surveys and voucher/seed
bank collection activities in Arcata County, California, for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-233367
Applicant: Laura E. Gorman, Redondo Beach, California. The
applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino
checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with
surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-233373
Applicant: Mary Anne Flett, Pt. Reyes Station, California. The
applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the California
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction with
surveys and population monitoring studies in Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma
Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
We invite public review and comment on each of these recovery
permit applications. Comments and materials we receive will be
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business
hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
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Dated: December 10, 2009.
Michael Long,
Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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